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p.oxy.36.2784 IIIOxyrhynchos
Letter from Didymus via HGV-meta
Letter from Didymos to his sons Areios and Dionysios about a boat and fodder. A private letter from Didymos to his sons Areios and Dionysios, complaining that their neglect over arranging a boat left him stranded with his animals and forced him to have them swim across the river. He asks them urgently to hire a boat of 150 to 200 artabas capacity, arrange for fodder to be carried as part of the fare, and send certain containers from the house. Oxyrhynchus, 3rd century AD. machine translation
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- Letter from Didymus HGV-meta OxyrhynchosIII
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Transcription
Δίδυμος Ἀρείῳ καὶ Διονυσίωι
υἱοῖς χαίρειν. ἱκανῶς ἐνηδρεύθημεν, ἀμελησάντων ὑμῶν περὶ τὸ
πλοῖον. διὰ γὰρ τοῦτο σήμερον
οὐδὲ τὰ κτήνη ἀνέπεμψα προσδοκῶν χόρτον αὐτοῖς ἐμβαλέσθαι.
καὶ νῦν πορθμεῖον οὐκ εὕρομεν
διαπερᾶσαι αὐτὰ ἀλλὰ παραβολευσάμενος ἔπεμψα αὐτὰ κολυμβω
διαπεραθῆναι καὶ εἰ ἐδυνήθη
ἀνενεγκεῖν αὐτὰ ευ…οιος. καὶ ἂν
ὣς πᾶν ποιήσατε πλοῖον ἡμῖν
πέμψαι ἵνα μὴ καὶ οι…τοι οὓς
πεποίηκασι ἀπόλωνται. μέχρι
δὲ ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα ἀγωγῆς
ἔστω τὸ πλοῖον εἰ μὴ τὸ Παήσιος
ἔρχεται ἢ ἐὰν ἀνάγκη ᾖ καὶ μέχρι διακοσίων . καὶ ὅταν συντάξησθε τῷ πλοίῳ συνθέσθε
πρὸς τὸν ναύτην τέσσαρας σαργάνας χόρτου ἐμβαλέσθαι ἡμῖν τοῦ ναύλου. καὶ ἀγγεῖον ἡμῖν πέμψατε, πρὸ πάντων
τὸ μικρὸν βάδιον τὸ ἐν τῷ κοιτῶνι καὶ καψάκην τὸν μέγαν. καὶ
τοῖς κτῆσι προσέχετε ἕως ἀνελθῶμεν. ἰδοὺ γὰρ καὶ ὀλίγον χόρτον
αὐτοῖς ἐπιδ[…]…[…]…
ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς
εὔχομαι πολλοῖς
χρόνοις.Translations (1)
Didymos to Areios and Dionysios, his sons, greetings. We have been badly let down (?), since you neglected the matter of the boat. Because of this I did not even send the animals up today, expecting to load fodder for them. And now we have not found a ferry to take them across, but taking a risk I sent them to be taken across swimming, and whether he was able to bring them up [...]. So do everything to send us a boat, so that the [...] which they have made are not lost as well. Let the boat be of up to 150 (artabas) capacity, unless Paesis' boat is coming, or if it is necessary, even up to 200. And when you engage the boat, agree with the sailor to load 4 baskets of fodder for us as part of the freight charge. And send us a jar, above all the small badion that is in the bedroom, and the large kapsakes. And look after the animals until we come up. For see, a little fodder for them [...].
I pray for your health for many years.
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- TM-Text 30386 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;36;2784 tier-1
- HGV-Text 30386 tier-1
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